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alliemikennareads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Gore and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
2blueshoes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
1. pacing is slow for most of the book, but there is enough complicated intrigue and weird world building to keep you reading.
2. It does not feel like a story or world that I have read in fantasy before, and that’s hard to do. I enjoyed that.
3. Romance is basically non-existent in this book, but it does feel like a very long and elaborate set up for future romance in other books maybe? If anything this is really a political intrigue book with a very subtle romance subplot. If that’s your jam, you’re going to love this.
4. The person I am fairly sure is the future hero is A LITERAL ASSHOLE for 99.9% of the book. Like zero redeeming qualities, not even described as attractive? If you aren’t patient with very long redemptive arcs for characters, or if you can’t tolerate not knowing who the true love interest is, maybe skip this book.
5. The heroine feels really young and also not particularly moral??? Like she is decidedly not justice-motivated. She seems really immature and self interested at times. This makes for a surprising read if I’m honest and I think we will watch her develop a lot in the books. This book feels a bit like a prequel somehow?
6.
7. I would have given up on this book entirely if it wasn’t for some really surprising shit that goes down around the chapter 26 mark that had me WTF-ing all over the place. It’s like it suddenly turned into the book I wanted it to be. The last four chapters are, in my opinion, amazing. They had me on the edge of my seat. I hope they reflect what future books will be like.
Oh, final thought: I think listening as an audiobook kinda made this book worse for me than it was, because the narrator didn’t do distinct voices for the characters, and it made it really confusing. Would recommend reading it as a book.
Lots of content warnings on this one.
Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Gore, Suicide, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Vomit, Dysphoria, and War
tinyarthoe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: War
nonidude's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Bullying and Kidnapping
Minor: Slavery, Torture, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War
patchthecat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Death of parent, and War
kymboh78's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Slavery
While the book comes with sole content warnings, I would say truly aside from the death of a parent at the beginning, it’s truly not that violent or graphic. I add these warnings because I know trigger levels can vary and I hate going into things with no warning at all. No matter how small the mention might be.yarnarh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Some authors would write pages of descriptions and I would be lost about what the plot is. I love the way they write. Few sentences and then move on to the plot. Love the twist and turns though I suspected most of them before it happened.
BookTok was right about this book. It was good and I enjoyed it.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and War
aysha_blake's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and War
its_kievan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Minor: Gore, Violence, Death of parent, and War
sop17hie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Murder
Minor: War